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Terry Wellard.
Keeping rates low does nothing but force people out of the market. We must increase motor premiums, and soon.
Appointment at Independent.
Independent Insurance has made a string of new appointments. Janet Stansfield has been made executiv...
Appointment at Steel Burrill Jones.
Steel Burrill Jones (SBJL) has recruited a new team of international brokers led by John Mitchell. T...
David Worsfold.
Kitemarking insurance products may sound like a good idea, but as European experience testifies, it can easily be used as an excuse to forego expertise and service.
Iron Trades celebrate centenary.
Over 250 guests attended a dinner at the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace (above), last month to c...
Gearing up for "Insurance Oscars".
The insurance industry is gearing up for this year's British Insurance Awards hosted by Post Magazin...
Aon court action fails.
Aon's High Court case against Yorkshire broker Smithson Mason has collapsed. The national broker att...
ITT L&E/DAS deal.
ITT London & Edinburgh has signed a deal with DAS that will enable the legal expenses insurer to und...
Broker Direct records loss of £1.8m after six months of trading.
Broker Direct made an operating loss of nearly £1.8m for the year ending 31 December 1997, which it ...
New ABI chairman.
British American Financial Services chief executive Sandy Leitch will be the new chairman of the Ass...
Norman enhances building trades policy.
Norman Insurance has relaunched its building trades policy, Master Tradesman, adding several new fea...
Independent Insurance opens new building.
Independent Insurance has opened its custom-designed building at Cheadle Royal, which will house 600...
Blazing glory.
Arson accounts for the majority of fires in churches. This sad state of affairs is made worse by the fact the churches are becoming increasingly vulnerable to theft. Steve Banner reports.
A non-standard approach.
Next month will mark Orion's first year in the non-standard motor market. Tim Collison spoke to Rob Ryan and his team about their underwriting and marketing strategy.
Appointment at BUPA.
Peter Jacobs, chief executive of BUPA, has announced that he will be retiring this summer. He will b...
Appointment at Lombard.
Lombard General Insurance has made a string of new appointments. Grant Whiskin has been made affinit...
Unprepared for EMU.
Less than 5% of insurance company IT managers in Europe have completed programmes for adapting to th...
Strategic moves.
Traditionally, brokers have always had a lot of agencies in order to offer clients a wide range of policies. Jennifer Jarrett says that now is the time to be more strategic in your thinking.
TIFCO defections.
Premium financing operation Transamerica Insurance Finance Company (TIFCO) has lost managing directo...
Few prepared to undergo MULRA scrutiny.
Over the past few years, certain ULR companies have sought publicity for themselves by stating that ...
E&L pre-nuptials protect the big day and the honeymoon luggage.
As the costs of weddings continue to increase, E&L Insurance Group has put together a new wedding pa...
ASA direct mail verdict awaited.
Despite early claims of victory by Broker Direct over its complaint about Direct Line's recent maili...
Money is coming back into insurance.
Clearly, money is coming back into insurance. While the early 1990s saw companies reining back on co...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Adam Gittins has joined Gloucester-based Ecclesiastical Insurance as strategic planning manager. He ...